"Happy Apwil Fools!" Harry exclaimed, jumping on Lily. She groaned and turned towards him, rubbing her eyes.
"Happy April Fools," She grinned lazily at him. "What time is it?"
"I don' know." Harry smiled and ran out of the room, and down the hall. "Apwil fool! Apwil fool!" He screamed.
"Lily, would you kindly tell your son to be quiet for another five minutes!" Aden yelled out from her room. "I swear, he's like an alarm clock without a snooze button…"
Lily rolled her eyes at her and slid out of bed. She walked into the hall, and Harry zoomed by on his little toy broom. Lily grabbed the tail, and Harry lurched forward, trying to stay on.
"Come on my little Quidditch player." Lily said, steering him around. "Let's go downstairs."
Harry giggled with joy, flying down the stairs. Lily cursed the day Sirius ever decided to get him that for Christmas. Upstairs, Aden was still trying to fall back asleep, but having difficulty, knowing she would have to get the babies soon anyways. Today she was visiting Melissa again, because she had a baby boy a few months back. She rolled over and looked at Sirius, who was sleeping peacefully.
So she smacked him on the head with a pillow.
"Hey!" He said, bolting up. Aden was laughing, holding her stomach from it. He pushed her playfully, and then shoved her off the bed and onto the fluffy carpet beneath them.
"Ow!" She glared at him, getting up and rubbing her back.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Sirius said, but he still laughed at her, getting up. He wasn't sleepy at all; in fact, he was practically bouncing around the room.
"What did you do?" Aden knew that Sirius would only be this happy in the morning if something was up.
He grinned mischievously at her. "You'll see."
Aden looked at him curiously, but she knew not to question what he had done. She didn't think she wanted to know.
They walked downstairs, hand in hand, and Aden flipped her hair into a bun using her wand. They finally separated when they reached the bottom, Aden going to get Maddy and Mackenzie, while Sirius walked into the kitchen. Harry was sitting in midair on the broom and eating a piece of toast, while Lily finished making breakfast.
"Hey." Sirius said, also grabbing a piece of toast from the plate on the island. Lily smacked his hand with the spatula, making him jump and drop it. "What was that for?"
"No toast until everyone's here!" She said, turning back to the pancakes. Sirius stuck his tongue out at her back.
"Why does Harry get one then?"
"What? Harry didn't-" Lily turned around, and saw Harry eating the toast. "Harry! I said no eating!"
Harry giggled, shoving the rest of the toast into his mouth. Lily walked over to him, ready to scold, and he flew away happily. Sirius used this as a good distraction to grab a piece and eat it quickly. Lily cooked in silence for a second, and you could see Harry flying back and forth across the playroom. But then, they heard a yell from the other side of the house, making Lily jump.
"Ah!" She squeaked, dropping the spatula. It sizzled on the pan loudly. "What was that?"
Her answer came into the room about five seconds later. Lupin ran in, with only pajama pants on, his shirt off. "SIRIUS!" He yelled, and Sirius started laughing.
"Wait-what happened?" Lily asked, taking the pancakes off the stove.
"Look what he did to me!"
Lupin turned towards the right and showed Lily his arm. On it was a picture of the full moon, and below it, in fancy cursive, said:
It's my time of the month.
Lily started laughing, harder than she ever had before. The comparison between that and-well, that was hilarious to her, Sirius was nearly falling off his chair laughing.
"It's not funny!" Lupin said, pulling on a navy shirt. Lily sat down, clutching her stomach and gasping for air.
"I-I-I'm sorry," She started, in between breaths. "I-it's just really f-funny!"
Lupin glared at her, and sat down at one of the stools at the island. "Sirius, when does it come off?"
Sirius shrugged. "I don't know. It's an old spell."
"What?" Lupin's eyes widened, and he looked murderous. "I swear, I'm going to get you one day…"
"Have fun trying."
"Oh, I will."
"Shut it, you two." Lily finally got off the stool, and walked over to the pancakes. "You guys are like little kids."
They were all silent, Sirius attempting to steal more toast, while Lupin prodded the tattoo worriedly. As Lily finally took the pancakes off the stove, an owl flew in through the open window.
"Hey, it's Dumbledore's letter!" Lily exclaimed, walking over to the owl. "Or…package?" She lifted up the large parcel and examined it.
"Well open it!" Sirius said, as Aden walked into the room. She was holding the two babies, her hair still up in a bun.
"Open what?"
"You'll see."
Lily frowned at them, and opened it slowly. The package fell open, and a long, silvery material fell out. Everyone gasped, looking at it. Everyone except Aden, that is, who just looked at it curiously.
"Is that-" Sirius started, looking at it with wide eyes.
"It can't be…" Lupin fell silent, looking amazed.
"What is it?" Aden asked, annoyed.
"It's the invisibility cloak. It's James's."
"How do you know that?"
"Dumbledore had it. He sent it to me." Lily explained, reading the letter.
Sirius broke into a grin, looking at it happily. "This is fantastic!"
Lily had to agree. They had this, now anything could happen.
Anything.
A few hours later, Aden was pulling up to Melissa's house. It had suddenly gotten dark and stormy out, and she was freezing.
She ran up to Melissa's door, hoping she would hurry and open it. She rang the doorbell, and waited. Melissa came to the door, smiling happily.
"Aden!" She exclaimed, holding her own baby. Aden stepped in quickly, wanting to get into warmth. "You okay?" Melissa asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Aden shivered.
"You look freezing!"
"Well, yeah, I guess."
Melissa frowned. "Well, I was hoping we could go to the park, but if you're too cold-"
"Oh, no, no…maybe I could go home and grab a jacket real fast?"
Melissa thought this over. "And leave the babies?"
"Sure, they can just play."
"Okay!"
Melissa put on the huge grin again, and Aden rushed out the door. She drove quickly, not noticing what was going on outside. She stopped when she reached that familiar house, and ran inside quickly.
"Hey Aden!" Lupin said when she walked in. "What are you doing home so soon?"
"Forgot my jacket." Aden looked around the living room, in hopes it would appear. "Do you know where it could be?"
"Probably in your room with your wand."
"Thanks."
Aden tried to walk up, but she barely reached her door before Lily came out, holding Jaime.
"Aden! What are you doing home?" She asked, adjusting the almost one year old baby.
"Forgot my jacket." Aden said stiffly, wanting to get back to her friend.
"Okay, well, Sirius is in there too, just so you know."
"Well, seeing as he's my husband I would hope to find him in there…"
"Okay, okay, I get it. I'm going." Lily walked into Harry's room, where he was now playing with his train.
Aden hurriedly opened the door, and Sirius bolted up. He was lying on the bed, reading The Prophet. He opened his mouth to ask her something, probably what she was doing home, but she interrupted him.
"Sirius, have you seen my jacket?" She asked, not in the mood for another discussion.
He nodded his head over at the chair in the corner. "It's on the chair, next to your wand."
"Thanks." Aden grabbed it and pulled it on, and stuck her wand into her tall boot. "I've got to get going now, see you-"
But she never got to finish, because at that moment, darkness fell over the house. They heard Lily, trying to calm the kids, and Lupin ran up the stairs, landing in Sirius and Aden's room.
"What's happening?" he asked worriedly. He inched his way around the room, and held out his wand. "Lumos!"
The small bulb lit up the small portion of the room, showing everyone. Aden looked terrified, and Sirius had his arms wrapped around her, trying to comfort her. His wand was in one of his hands still, ready to attack.
"What was that?" Lily ran into the room, cradling Jaime in her arms and holding Harry's hand. His green eyes were wide open, and he was trying to understand what was going on too.
"I don't know, but listen." Remus said.
Everyone fell silent, listening. They could hear rumbling from outside.
"Thunda?" Harry asked, breaking the silence.
"No Harry." Sirius said. "It's not thunder."
And then, the doors downstairs flew open, and they could hear footsteps.
"Sirius," Aden said, her eyes widening. She was frozen, knowing there was something wrong.
And then darkness fell over everyone.
AN: ACTION TIME! Yeah, I'm just really excited for this next chapter. It's going to be epic.
Review please? I'll love you forever? Xoxo.